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Friends of Medicine Reception Bolsters Ambulatory Care Education at UCSF
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More than 30 faculty and friends of UCSF assembled at the Pacific Heights home of Bill and Leigh Sherwood Matthes on May 16 to raise awareness of the need to fund ambulatory (outpatient) care education. Highlights of the evening included talks by Talmadge King, MD, interim chair of the department of medicine; William Grossman, MD, chief of UCSF's cardiology division; and Josh Adler, MD, medical director of ambulatory care at UCSF.
As Adler explained, medical students and residents now receive much of their clinical instruction in an outpatient setting (i.e., the doctor's office), yet the physicians who train them receive no payment for their teaching endeavors. To bolster ambulatory care education at UCSF, the department of medicine aims to raise endowed funds and operating expenses to underwrite clinical education programs.
Emphasizing the critical need for such funding, Grossman added: "With help from UCSF's incredibly generous supporters, we will be able to dramatically advance the skills, clinical judgment, and professionalism of our trainees."
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| Left to right: Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Director Brooks Walker with William Grossman and Josh Adler |
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| Friends of UCSF Barbara and Stephen Vermut |
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| Josh Adler speaks about the need to fund ambulatory care education at UCSF. |
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| Leigh Sherwood Matthes and Lucy Hume, MD (seated, left to right), applaud Adler's concluding remarks while UCSF's Director of Concierge Services Kathy Balestreri, Bill Matthes, and UCSF development officer Michael Chinnavaso look on. |
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| Left to right: Leigh Sherwood Matthes, UCSF Foundation Director Art Kern, UCSF supporter Kenneth Jones, and Bill Matthes |
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To support ambulatory care education through the Friends of Medicine at UCSF, contact Helen Dannelly at 415/502-6293 or hdannelly@support.ucsf.edu.
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